Posts by Illinois Prairie Community Foundation
IPCF Establishes COVID-19 Response Fund
To Support Local Nonprofits Serving Populations Impacted by COVID-19 BLOOMINGTON, IL – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its presence in our community, Illinois Prairie Community Foundation has established the IPCF COVID-19 Response Fund to support local nonprofits that serve populations who have been impacted by the COVID-19 virus and its economic consequences. The…
Read MoreYouth Engaged in Philanthropy Seeks Participants for 2020-21 Cohort
BLOOMINGTON – Area high school students are being sought to participate in Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) during the 2020-2021 school year. An initiative of the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation, YEP is a program in which high school students allocate grant funds to local nonprofits. YEP provides opportunities to build leadership and teamwork skills while…
Read MoreWest Market Street Plaza Redevelopment Gains Support in Bloomington
Reposted with permission of The Pantagraph By Kevin Barlow; Photos by Lewis Marien BLOOMINGTON — A proposed redevelopment of the West Market Street Plaza will become a reality soon due to strong support from the business and residential community say two west side Bloomington leaders behind the project. About 60 people attended a community forum…
Read MoreGrant Equipping YWCA With Tools to Educate Students About Inclusivity
By Munashe Kwangwari III Reposted from CIProud BLOOMINGTON — The Illinois Prairie Community Foundation awarded YWCA McLean County a grant of $1,645. The grant money will be used to create and educate students in YWCA’s Young Wonders Youth Development program about anti-bias. View video on program. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, more than one…
Read MoreSECURE Act Creates Increased Opportunities for Savings and Charitable Giving
Also Modifies IRA “Stretch” Rules and Creates New Estate Planning Challenges By Mike Sitrick, DuPage Foundation In December, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act) was among several pieces of legislation signed into law as part of a congressional appropriations bill. The Act seeks to improve our current retirement savings policy…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation Offers Grants in 3 Categories
Applications Accepted During February BLOOMINGTON – Illinois Prairie Community Foundation will accept applications for grants in three categories from February 1-28, 2020. Interested applicants may find information about the grants here along with links to the online applications once the grant cycle opens. The Community Foundation expects to award more than $145,000 during this grant…
Read MoreIPCF Awards Grants to 11 Local Programs
BLOOMINGTON – Eleven local nonprofit programs have been awarded a total of $37,161 in grants thanks to the Women to Women Giving Circle and Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) at the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation. The Women to Women Giving Circle seeks to improve the lives of women and children in Central Illinois and focused…
Read More‘Dream’ Comes True For Bloomington Job Training Site For Women
Reposted with permission of WGLT By Eric Stock A free job training site for women is starting its first classes Monday (Dec. 9, 2019) after renovating a dilapidated building on Bloomington’s west side. Dreams Are Possible gutted an old grocery store at 1311 W. Olive St. and built a classroom and workspace to prepare women to…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation Provides Legitimacy, Credibility to Project
On November 14, 2019, Corin Chapman, Co-Chair of the Harmony Park, spoke at Illinois Prairie Community Foundation’s annual Celebrating Local Philanthropy luncheon about how IPCF helped the project come to completion. She is shown above with her husband Todd Chapman and event emcee Dan Irvin “For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the…
Read MoreTreasure, Not Trash: Serving an Invisible Population
Reposted from Illinois Country Living By Lisa Cherry Valerie Beguin paints a picture of the scenes she encountered as a former investigator with Illinois Department of Child and Family Services: A phone call is made to the Illinois Child Abuse Hotline, which initiates an investigation within 24 hours. The anonymous caller reports seeing his neighbor…
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